Category: Sentinel-EDM News
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Rising truck traffic trend expected to continue
Watchdog group BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer Drivers in Middlesex County are more likely to be killed by a truck than anything else in the state, a trend predicted to continue over the next few decades. That’s just one of the ominous conclusions reached by the Tri-State Transportation Campaign,…
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The legacy of Dr. King
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Eleanor Massey, librarian at Metuchen’s Campbell School, reads to first-graders about the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 14.
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Controversial signs lights turned off months ago
Mayor takes credit for something resolved in the spring BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer EDISON — Just in case residents didn’t know, Mayor George A. Spadoro sent them a letter last week, assuring that a quality-of-life issue has been restored since he pulled the plug on a pesky industrial…
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Commuters concerned about station revamp
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Improvements to the Edison train station, on Plainfield Avenue, are coming soon. But people are wondering where 800 more parking spots will go. EDISON — As plans to revamp the train station chug along, some residents and commuters are wondering what…
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Police catch suspect by the feet
METUCHEN — It wasn’t fingerprints, but rather shoe prints that helped police nab a burglary suspect late last month. David P. Chapman, 18, Red Bank, was arrested and charged with the burglary of the Elks Lodge on Norcross Avenue Dec. 30, Officer David Liantonio said. When police arrived at the lodge at 12:45 p.m., they…
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Edison tower trust fund raises doubts
Residents want answers about what happened to old trust fund money BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Some residents in Edison want some answers about what happened to money in a trust fund collected to repair the Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower back in the 1990s. “People have always asked over the years where that…
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Borough government gets set for new year
BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer METUCHEN — Mayor Edmund O’Brien called 2004 “a year of progress” for the borough and told residents to expect more of the same in 2005. At the Jan. 3 Borough Council reorganization meeting, he cited the opening of the new borough hall, the opening of Vidas…
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Kruczak replacement to be selected soon
Six Democrats vying for council seat to be vacated at end of month BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer The race is on for someone to replace departing Edison Councilman William Kruczak. Kruczak, who is in the second year of a four-year term, will officially step down Jan. 31, more than half a year after…
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JEFF GRANIT staff The Edison High School cheerleading team falls into formation with a timeout cheer during a game last week.
